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What % Educated Are You?

Jennifer Post

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About This Quiz

If you went to any type of schooling, chances are you are highly educated. Curriculums are mostly standardized, so it's not until you get to higher education where you can customize your classes and education plan that the levels of education really become apparent. There are so many ways to tell how educated someone is other than just asking them a bunch of questions about things they learned 20 years ago.

If you made it to college, and through college, then you are educated enough to be granted a higher education degree. But college isn't for everyone. Maybe you educated yourself through independent research and watching other people do things. Home-schooling is also another form of education to which people really take. Many times, you can learn at your own pace and work harder at things you don't understand in order to grasp the concept better.

General knowledge is also very different from niche knowledge. You can probably still recite the preamble to the Constitution, but unless you are a history major, or a law student, the details and the ins and outs of the Constitution are probably foreign to you. That doesn't mean you aren't educated, it just means you haven't chosen a specific track in which to gain more knowledge. If you're curious about what percent educated you are, take this quiz!

Which book have you read the most?

To Kill a Mockingbird

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Wealth of Nations

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

What was your favorite subject in school?

English

Science

History

Math

Do you have a favorite word?

Superfluous

Unfettered

Vast

Egregious

Where did you struggle in high school?

Pretty much all of it

Astronomy

High level math

Socializing

Do you know what location relates to Genghis Khan?

I've heard the name, but don't know much.

UAE

Kazakhstan, I think

Yes, the Mongol Empire

Who were members of the Axis power?

Canada?

Hungary

Romania

Germany, Italy and Japan were the founders.

What are the names of the triangles?

Right triangle

Scalene

Equilateral

Acute, Obtuse, Isosceles

When you think, what part of the brain are you using?

The front part

Cerebellum

The lobes

Cerebrum

Which artist made an impact in Baroque style?

Picasso

Bernini

Rembrandt

Caravaggio

When did World War II begin?

1945

1932

1939

1941

Is there a planet smaller than Earth?

Not anymore

Mercury

Pluto

Neptune

Did Marco Polo ever reach North America?

Yes, just later than everyone else

No

Right after John Cabot

No, but he got really close.

Which president is known for the greatest economic failure?

George W. Bush

Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan

Herbert Hoover

What mathematical equation throws you off the most?

Laws of gravity

Pythagorean theorem

Calculus

General relativity

How many classes did you barely pass in all of your schooling?

Most of them

Four

Three

Two

How much do you understand finances?

On a super basic level

I have a savings account.

Enough to know how much money I have

I'm not Wall Street good, but I know a lot.

Do you have a favorite part of chemistry?

High school chemistry

Analytical chemistry

Biochemistry

Organic chemistry

How many state capitals can you name?

10

20

35

I'd say upwards of 40 to 45

What do you wish you knew more about?

The solar system

Anatomy

International relations

Politics in third-world countries

Out of the branches of government, with which one are you the most familiar?

Whichever one the Senate is in

Judicial

Legislative

Executive

Which character dies in "Hamlet"?

Hamlet

Ophelia

Polonius

All of them

What were the normal comments on your report cards?

A little too talkative

Inquisitive

Great attention to detail

Challenges the teacher often

How much Egyptian history do you know?

I know a little about the Pharaohs.

I know about the burial traditions.

The history of how the pyramids were built is fascinating.

I am obsessed with King Tut's tomb.

What knowledge from your schooling do you use the most in your everyday life?

Basic math

Spelling and vocabulary

Calculus

Biology

There are dozens of religions. About which one do you know the most?

Christianity

Judaism

Catholicism

Buddhism

Do you know the national language of the United States of America?

English

I actually don't

It changes too often to keep track.

There isn't one

What is the highest level of education you completed?

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Doctorate

From where do characters like Thor and Loki come?

Marvel

The Avengers

Greek Mythology

Viking lore

How do you learn about geography?

Reading maps

Watching Jeopardy

Traveling​

Reading books about topography and countries

Which language is the hardest to learn?

Spanish

French

English

Mandarin

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